Well, I just bought a Logitech 4 button dual optical mouse for my Mac and it works fine right out of the box. You know, you aren't stuck with the one button apple mouse. I have buttons 3 and 4 mapped to Expose' 'tile' and 'desktop' (if that's what they are called) and button 2 is a standard right mouse button.
Several years back I worked for a company that printed high security checks, auto registrations, and auto titles (among other standard business forms). All of these are very complex documents and are best done the old fasioned way, on a press. Although the offset press may not be quite as good as using hand etched plates it most definitely can turn out more complex images than any inkjet or color laser printer could ever hope to do.
Simple process, photograph the bill, do your color separations in an older version of photoshop, etc; then burn plates from the color seperated negatives. Better yet, bypass photoshop completely and take several photographs of the bill using different filters over the lens to directly produce your color seperated negatives.
The fact of the matter is that the "big boys" in counterfeiting are NOT using a $50.00 scanner and a $19.99 inkjet printer.
I imagine that it would be for airshows and/or possibly charity work (i.e. the last airworthy Heinkel HE-111 CASA 2.111 that crashed in 2003 I believe) which was flown to bring in money for the Commemorative Air Force. Also, my guess is that the movie industry would have a pretty good shot at having a military jet for filming purposes.
Of course, the FAA can pretty much deny your application as they see fit, but as long as you have had training on the particular plane you are wanting to own/fly and you meet one of the special conditions required I'm sure that it would not be an issue.
Uhmmm...no. It's classified "experimental" and could in fact be flown by a private individual. This is the same thing that is done with the old warbirds, Mig 21's and bombers that private parties fly. More info can be found here: http://www.utility-aircraft.com/catalog/certificat e/index.htm
You do need an actual special reason for flying the plane, but aside from that it is quite possible for a private party to own and fly a military jet.
Ouch, I stand corrected actually. GAIM is running via XFree86 from a fink install. You may want to look at Fire ( http://fire.sourceforge.net/ ) It looks promising (haven't tried it yet) but I am compiling it now.
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[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found a PowerPC 7455 (G4) processor.
[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] OGR: using core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar).
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] OGR: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar) 0.00:00:16.62 [14,449,071 nodes/sec]
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] RC5-72: using core #4 (KKS 7450).
[Feb 01 08:36:35 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #4 (KKS 7450) 0.00:00:16.92 [12,570,753 keys/sec]
Run this on a 1.2Ghz x86 and then tell me just exactly how much slower the PPC is.
"No need to mention that the quality of open source support in OS X is worse than on MS-Windows: Xfree, OpenOffice, Mozilla - they are almost unusable, comparing to them on MS-Windows boxen."
Unfortunately, it seems as though you have never even tried Xcode and/or Fink ( http://fink.sourceforge.net/ ). the current open source apps I run on my Mac are: Mplayer (direct port), Xchat (direct port), Gaim (direct port), Camino (Mozilla derivative direct port), Gimp (via XFree86), XMMS (Via XFree86), and GNUPG that I personally compiled with GCC. I also have absolutely no problems at all with an ssh -X session to run my X apps off my Linux server.
If you are going to bash something you could at least provide some examples; everything I have tried to run that is open source has compiled and run just perfectly.
If you must know, I paid $250.00 for my Sawtooth with it's original 450Mhz G4. I added a 1.2ghz CPU, actually 1Ghz...but rated to overclock to 1.2 by the manufacturer ($329.00), an original Radeon 32MB AGP card ($32.00), swapped the 100MB Zip drive for an old 250 Zip that I got for free, and dumped in an 60 gig 7200RPM drive ($39.00 after rebates).
The original full pop list price for this machine 6 years ago in 1999 was $2499.00. By my calculations, based on the fact that the machine currently sells for an average of $500.00 used without any of the upgrades I added, it has lost 80% of it's value over a 6 year period of time. And while a comparable (?) x86 system from 1999 may have cost only around $2000.00 you will now have to give it away for free to a friend that just needs an old junk router box. And yes, by comparable I mean nice case (not some bleeder beer can case with a crap power supply), 64Bit PCI slots, Firewire (ieee1394), DVD-ROM drive, etc...basically fully loaded as a Mac comes by default.
Please make sure that you are comparing Apples to apples....pun intended. Any x86 system built with low grade cheap components will most assuredly be far less expensive than a Mac, but once you get into loading up the PC with the things that are standard on a mac, you may find your x86 systems to be a bit pricier than expected; Please don't compare the Mac pricing to a Wal-Mart special eMachine.
Ahhhhmen brother. As a recent Mac convert (got lazy and sick of "fiddling" with my OS and hardware); I wholeheartedly agree.
Although my Mac is an old "Sawtooth" AGP G4 with a 1.2Ghz GigaDesigns processor in it, it would still fetch at least $600.00 or $700.00; This is for a machine that was built in 1999!! Find me a consumer grade PC worth anywhere near this that was built in 1999 and has nothing more than a new CPU upgrade and I'll [insert favorite disgusting act here] in the middle of Times Square at high noon. Part of the expense of a Mac is saved on the resale value when you sell your old Mac and buy a new one.
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It's kinda' like packing a 10 inch cock. You may not really use it any more than the average guy does...but damn..it sure does feel good to know it's right there under the hood.
DISCLAIMER!!! The above statement is unfortunately not based on the posters personal experience.
Hmm, here's my cute lil' Powermac G4 1.2Ghz. This puppy hauls ass in math. Beats x86 CPU's that are almost twice the clock speed. I wonder how those fancy new dual G5 machines do.
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[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found
a PowerPC 7455 (G4) processor.
[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] OGR: using core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar).
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] OGR: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar)
0.00:00:16.62 [14,449,071 nodes/sec]
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] RC5-72: using core #4 (KKS 7450).
[Feb 01 08:36:35 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #4 (KKS 7450)
0.00:00:16.92 [12,570,753 keys/sec]
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I ran into the gadgety phone issue a couple months back when I had to purchase a new phone. It's not that I can't figure the phones out it's just that I want a damned phone; nothing more, nothing less. I ended up having to settle on a multiple ring tone job with a calculator and a couple games but thank god it didn't include a camera or PDA.
Please, someone, just make a damned cell phone. If I wanted a gameboy or digital camera I would buy one.
"- and the price is right. A meal costs 22 rupees, about 50 cents"
Unfortunately, I cannot eat for this amount anywhere in the US and therefore cannot work for $11,000.00 a year. There is no way to compete against that while still living in the US.
Yup, you are correct. The rear center is matrixed on Dolby digital ES/EX 6.1 and even the new 7.1 format is matrixed as well. If you have an EX compatible receiver you should leave it set to EX on. When the EX format was first introduced the DVD manufacturers had a flag on the DVD that would tell a 6.1 EX capable receiver to kick in the center rear channel matrixed; It was still the exact same 5.1 encoding though. Since that flag has been abandoned you now need to tell your receiver manually to always use the extra matrixed channel.
The only true discrete encoding that is more than 5.1 channels (for consumer use) is DTS 6.1 Discrete. To date I have had only one such encoded DVD; 'Gladiator'.
Wow, I would almost have to give Bitboys Oy ( http://www.bitboys.com ) the lifetime acheivement award. they have been announcing their "Glaze 3D" chips since Rendition was still a player in the 3D chip market.
Ahhh, the fond memories of my Intergraph Rendition Verite' 1000 card. You could play 3D accellerated vquake at 640x480 with all the prettiness of openGL at full speed on a Pentium 166; those were the days.
Hell, it's as simple as just not going to sites that force that kind of advertising on you. I used to go to IGN for the video game reviews but now they insist on 'flash' ads every time you click a page. Guess what, I don't go there anymore and their flash ads don't bother me anymore.
I imagine that the advertisers would want to see raw numbers on how many people may get exposure to their ads to justify the advertising expense. If people get annoyed too much and don't visit the sites anymore surely the marketing people would figure this out and drop their ads.
Please don't compare this to television. The content on television cannot be had elsewhere LEGALLY. As for web sites, the information is freely available from myriad sources and the web interface just serves to convert the content to a somewhat easier to access electronic form. Sports scores, news, stocks.....remember that old fashioned thing called a newspaper?
I would be all for buying these roms if they were bundled up at a reasonable price. A real good example would be The Blue Sky Rangers ( http://www.intellivisionlives.com/ ). I gladly paid for their Intellivision emulator/rom bundle. These guys are an old group of the original Intellivision developers that do this as a labor of love more than for profit.
Unfortunately the "Intellivision Lives" CD probably has such a small audience and therefore small profit margin that the commercial heavies aren't interested in creating such an animal. Go take a look on the various console video game review sites, the commercial versions of "arcade classic" games are almost always terribly low due to being compared to modern games in the graphics and sound department and they definitely appeal to a far smaller consumer base than the latest and greatest rehash of the same old beat-em-up or skating game.
What I'm trying to say is that the commercial developers wouldn't be interested in releasing these types of things mainly because of the lack of profits involved. It's just too small of a consumer base to please at the expense of the development costs. I would be more than happy to buy (yes, I know...evil word) these classic games given the opportunity at a REASONABLE price point; especially considering that the bulk of the profit for these games was made way back in the 70's and 80's and any additional profits would be pure gravy.
Well, until you get arrested for not producing identification, at which point in time the cop will remove your ID from your wallet so that he can get your identity. Basically, the cop has a suspicion that you may be involved in something and requests that you provide identification.
This is the same as the morons that are happy about the fact that the police in my area cannot get into a high speed chase unless they are in pursuit of someone who is in the commission of a felony. Well, guess what kiddies; fleeing and eluding is a felony in itself and will thus warrant a high speed chase.
The bottom line is that it's very easy to talk smack on the internet but I can assure you that if a cop asked for your ID...you damned sure would hand it over.
It's amazing to see that people are really blinded by what is relative to their particular situation. The fact of the matter is that there are many unskilled laborers in the United States that need jobs too. Not everyone is capable of the same mental capacity as you, and not everyone has the intelligence or skill set required to change careers mid-life. Hell, we need garbage haulers, janitors, and yes...even unskilled manufacturers but if we take their jobs away are we to assume that they will be capable of changing careers or will they simply be forced to rely upon the welfare system for survival.
In my life I have dealt directly with many types of people and I can state as a fact that not everyone is capable of doing their work "smarter" as you would probably call it. I'm sure there are plently of manufacturing class workers that that will lose their jobs to overseas outsourcing just as their are many landscaping workers here in Florida losing their jobs to illegal immigrants that will work at or below minimum wage. The problem is that the American worker will now be forced to either collect welfare or lower his standard of living to that of the illegal immigrants that live with 8 to 10 people huddled into a 1 room apartment (all working for minimum wage), ship all of their money out of our economy and back to their homeland, and have sent yet another American to the welfare lines.
Once again, the equilibrium seems to be set at the point where most of our workers will subject themselves to third world standards of living just to stay alive; Not good.
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Well, I just bought a Logitech 4 button dual optical mouse for my Mac and it works fine right out of the box. You know, you aren't stuck with the one button apple mouse. I have buttons 3 and 4 mapped to Expose' 'tile' and 'desktop' (if that's what they are called) and button 2 is a standard right mouse button.
Uhh, dunno where you got this nugget of information from but the newer G4 systems are DDR based.
Well, thats the magic of TV. You can edit out anything that you don't want the people to see.
Simple process, photograph the bill, do your color separations in an older version of photoshop, etc; then burn plates from the color seperated negatives. Better yet, bypass photoshop completely and take several photographs of the bill using different filters over the lens to directly produce your color seperated negatives.
The fact of the matter is that the "big boys" in counterfeiting are NOT using a $50.00 scanner and a $19.99 inkjet printer.
Of course, the FAA can pretty much deny your application as they see fit, but as long as you have had training on the particular plane you are wanting to own/fly and you meet one of the special conditions required I'm sure that it would not be an issue.
You do need an actual special reason for flying the plane, but aside from that it is quite possible for a private party to own and fly a military jet.
Ouch, I stand corrected actually. GAIM is running via XFree86 from a fink install. You may want to look at Fire ( http://fire.sourceforge.net/ ) It looks promising (haven't tried it yet) but I am compiling it now.
dnetc v2.9007-486-CTR-03110414 for Mac OS X (Darwin 7.2.0). Please provide the *entire* version descriptor when submitting bug reports. The distributed.net bug report pages are at http://www.distributed.net/bugs/
[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found a PowerPC 7455 (G4) processor.
[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] OGR: using core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar).
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] OGR: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar) 0.00:00:16.62 [14,449,071 nodes/sec]
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] RC5-72: using core #4 (KKS 7450).
[Feb 01 08:36:35 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #4 (KKS 7450) 0.00:00:16.92 [12,570,753 keys/sec]
Run this on a 1.2Ghz x86 and then tell me just exactly how much slower the PPC is.
"No need to mention that the quality of open source support in OS X is worse than on MS-Windows: Xfree, OpenOffice, Mozilla - they are almost unusable, comparing to them on MS-Windows boxen."
Unfortunately, it seems as though you have never even tried Xcode and/or Fink ( http://fink.sourceforge.net/ ). the current open source apps I run on my Mac are: Mplayer (direct port), Xchat (direct port), Gaim (direct port), Camino (Mozilla derivative direct port), Gimp (via XFree86), XMMS (Via XFree86), and GNUPG that I personally compiled with GCC. I also have absolutely no problems at all with an ssh -X session to run my X apps off my Linux server.
If you are going to bash something you could at least provide some examples; everything I have tried to run that is open source has compiled and run just perfectly.
The original full pop list price for this machine 6 years ago in 1999 was $2499.00. By my calculations, based on the fact that the machine currently sells for an average of $500.00 used without any of the upgrades I added, it has lost 80% of it's value over a 6 year period of time. And while a comparable (?) x86 system from 1999 may have cost only around $2000.00 you will now have to give it away for free to a friend that just needs an old junk router box. And yes, by comparable I mean nice case (not some bleeder beer can case with a crap power supply), 64Bit PCI slots, Firewire (ieee1394), DVD-ROM drive, etc...basically fully loaded as a Mac comes by default.
Please make sure that you are comparing Apples to apples....pun intended. Any x86 system built with low grade cheap components will most assuredly be far less expensive than a Mac, but once you get into loading up the PC with the things that are standard on a mac, you may find your x86 systems to be a bit pricier than expected; Please don't compare the Mac pricing to a Wal-Mart special eMachine.
Bah, I do believe that I cannot spell....ack.
No, I do beleive that it would be Knoppi.
Although my Mac is an old "Sawtooth" AGP G4 with a 1.2Ghz GigaDesigns processor in it, it would still fetch at least $600.00 or $700.00; This is for a machine that was built in 1999!! Find me a consumer grade PC worth anywhere near this that was built in 1999 and has nothing more than a new CPU upgrade and I'll [insert favorite disgusting act here] in the middle of Times Square at high noon. Part of the expense of a Mac is saved on the resale value when you sell your old Mac and buy a new one.
DISCLAIMER!!! The above statement is unfortunately not based on the posters personal experience.
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[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] Automatic processor type detection found a PowerPC 7455 (G4) processor.
[Feb 01 08:35:57 UTC] OGR: using core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar).
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] OGR: Benchmark for core #0 (GARSP 5.13 Scalar) 0.00:00:16.62 [14,449,071 nodes/sec]
[Feb 01 08:36:16 UTC] RC5-72: using core #4 (KKS 7450).
[Feb 01 08:36:35 UTC] RC5-72: Benchmark for core #4 (KKS 7450) 0.00:00:16.92 [12,570,753 keys/sec]
Please, someone, just make a damned cell phone. If I wanted a gameboy or digital camera I would buy one.
"- and the price is right. A meal costs 22 rupees, about 50 cents" Unfortunately, I cannot eat for this amount anywhere in the US and therefore cannot work for $11,000.00 a year. There is no way to compete against that while still living in the US.
The only true discrete encoding that is more than 5.1 channels (for consumer use) is DTS 6.1 Discrete. To date I have had only one such encoded DVD; 'Gladiator'.
Shhhh....don't give them any ideas!!
Ahhh, the fond memories of my Intergraph Rendition Verite' 1000 card. You could play 3D accellerated vquake at 640x480 with all the prettiness of openGL at full speed on a Pentium 166; those were the days.
I imagine that the advertisers would want to see raw numbers on how many people may get exposure to their ads to justify the advertising expense. If people get annoyed too much and don't visit the sites anymore surely the marketing people would figure this out and drop their ads.
Please don't compare this to television. The content on television cannot be had elsewhere LEGALLY. As for web sites, the information is freely available from myriad sources and the web interface just serves to convert the content to a somewhat easier to access electronic form. Sports scores, news, stocks.....remember that old fashioned thing called a newspaper?
Unfortunately the "Intellivision Lives" CD probably has such a small audience and therefore small profit margin that the commercial heavies aren't interested in creating such an animal. Go take a look on the various console video game review sites, the commercial versions of "arcade classic" games are almost always terribly low due to being compared to modern games in the graphics and sound department and they definitely appeal to a far smaller consumer base than the latest and greatest rehash of the same old beat-em-up or skating game.
What I'm trying to say is that the commercial developers wouldn't be interested in releasing these types of things mainly because of the lack of profits involved. It's just too small of a consumer base to please at the expense of the development costs. I would be more than happy to buy (yes, I know...evil word) these classic games given the opportunity at a REASONABLE price point; especially considering that the bulk of the profit for these games was made way back in the 70's and 80's and any additional profits would be pure gravy.
This has already been done on Xbox: http://mameox.sourceforge.net/
This is the same as the morons that are happy about the fact that the police in my area cannot get into a high speed chase unless they are in pursuit of someone who is in the commission of a felony. Well, guess what kiddies; fleeing and eluding is a felony in itself and will thus warrant a high speed chase.
The bottom line is that it's very easy to talk smack on the internet but I can assure you that if a cop asked for your ID...you damned sure would hand it over.
In my life I have dealt directly with many types of people and I can state as a fact that not everyone is capable of doing their work "smarter" as you would probably call it. I'm sure there are plently of manufacturing class workers that that will lose their jobs to overseas outsourcing just as their are many landscaping workers here in Florida losing their jobs to illegal immigrants that will work at or below minimum wage. The problem is that the American worker will now be forced to either collect welfare or lower his standard of living to that of the illegal immigrants that live with 8 to 10 people huddled into a 1 room apartment (all working for minimum wage), ship all of their money out of our economy and back to their homeland, and have sent yet another American to the welfare lines.
Once again, the equilibrium seems to be set at the point where most of our workers will subject themselves to third world standards of living just to stay alive; Not good.